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| disintegration; debauchery |
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| bacchanalian (bak-uh-NEY-lee-an) |
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| bedizen (verb, beh-DI-zuhn) |
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| to dress in a vulgar, showy manner |
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| unruly; adverse; troublesome; not favorable |
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| practice of lending money at exorbitant rates |
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| parody; exaggerated imitation; caricature |
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| an article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly |
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| trembling; quivering; timid |
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| pompous; using inflated language |
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| mention for the first time |
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| characteristic quality of sound produced by instrument or voice; tone color |
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| long, violent speech; verbal assault |
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| book, usually large and academic |
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| lethargy; dormancy; sluggishness |
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| promote or praise energetically |
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| characteristic of the countryside; rustic; pastoral |
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| thick-skinned; insensitive |
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| false and malicious accusation; slander |
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| false, deliberately misleading story |
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| established principle; group of literary works |
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| belonging to a group of literary works |
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| silently understood; implied |
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| unnecessary repetition; i.e. "widow woman" |
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| government by priests claiming divine commission |
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| insincere talk; language of particular group |
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| inclination to change one's mind compulsively |
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| faultfinding; intended to entrap, as in an argument |
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| related to physical appetites; of the flesh or body |
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| ethical philosophy that human activity should be aimed at achieving the greatest good for the greatest number |
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| punishment; chastisement; criticism |
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| relief; help in time of distress or want |
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| to replace, especially to displace as inferior or antiquated |
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| lying on the back; marked by lethargy |
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| suppliant (adj) (SUHP-lee-unt) |
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| beseeching; asking humbly and earnestly |
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| one who asks humbly and earnestly |
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